Talk:2022 Al-Aqsa clashes/Archive 1

Archive 1

Edit conflict

Hello @Daveout:, I try to update this article, so please give me some suitable time to finish updating it to avoid edit conflict (which already happened several times till now). Thanks. --Dr-Taher (talk) 23:17, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

@Dr-Taher: Well thanks for improving the article and sorry that I was on your way. I think we should take this other article here: 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis and use it as a model for writing this newer aone. There's many similarities in both cases. And the "2021" one is stable and well written. (anyway, it was just a thought...) - Daveout(talk) 23:41, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for your idea, I will read that article and see what can be done to improve the new one. Dr-Taher (talk) 23:45, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Article for 2022 series of events?

Should an article be created for this spring's spike in violence in Israel, like last year's? The 2022 Beersheba attack, 2022 Hadera shooting, 2022 Bnei Brak shootings, 2022 Tel Aviv shootings & several other smaller incidents occurred in Israel during the last few weeks. Jim Michael (talk) 10:52, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

There is a Hebrew article that is Google translated to "Wave of Terrorism 2022." Dunutubble (talk) (Contributions) 14:03, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

As usual, hebrew wiki chooses a biased title for the article, representing there point of view! What they call "terrorism" is called "legal resistance" in the Palestinian point of view. So the unbiased title should be "Actions". Dr-Taher (talk) 16:01, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Well please note this is also a similar title to the French and the Spanish articles. Dunutubble (talk) (Contributions) 16:07, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Yes, They copy and translate the article! Wikipedia should take care of these biased/unbiased titles of articles. Dr-Taher (talk) 16:20, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

None of those attacks were legal. Jim Michael (talk) 14:32, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

@Jim Michael, We don't discuss if it is legal or not. I explained above that every side has its point of view, If your country is occupied you may have another opinion. Dr-Taher (talk) 09:40, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

We describe events by whether or not they're legal. Many people from many ethnic groups consider their homeland to be occupied, including Tamils, Balochs, Tibetans, Uyghurs, Kurds & Basques. Does anyone have a good suggestion for a title for this spring's upsurge in violence in Israel? Jim Michael (talk) 11:44, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

"Wave of terrorism". Such clowns. I want to say more, but Wikipedia won't allow me to. CR-1-AB (talk) 19:50, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 16 April 2022

Can you split the other countries section into multiple countries so it would be organized and neat (example: a section for Saudi Arabia's comments and another for Afghanistan's comments) CR-1-AB (talk) 21:14, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

 Done by Daveout. Dr-Taher (talk) 00:44, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

Explanation

@Dunutubble:, Regrading your edit here, All Palestinians are "civilians" except members of militant groups like Hamas who use guns to fight israelis. During this storming the Palestinians don't use guns, so all of them are "civilians". --Dr-Taher (talk) 21:17, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Is there a rule somewhere on Wikipedia regarding whether people are civilians or not based on whether or not they use guns? Because stone-throwing from Palestinian extremists has killed people. In a photograph of one of the buses attacked, a cinderblock had been hurled through the window. I think the use of lethal weapons includes rocks, and that makes the designation of civilians more than a little muddied. --EricSpokane (talk) 00:29, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 18 April 2022

Please add Morocco's condemnation of this raid to #Other countries. 31.53.38.108 (talk) 10:40, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

Y Done.Dunutubble (talk) (Contributions) 13:28, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

"rioters" as a cause

That is according to the Israeli police, and non-Israeli sources do not parrot that phrasing. Tombah Ill give you a chance to make your addition neutral, otherwise I will do it for you. nableezy - 17:00, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

will just do it myself actually. nableezy - 17:08, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

21 april

Here threre more information, eith video and pictures

https://m.ynet.co.il/articles/sjprvggs9

https://m.ynet.co.il/articles/rjlvsiyhc#!/replace — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:A040:184:3024:15E1:250:F879:A933 (talk) 23:42, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

Times

https://time.com/6167393/al-aqsa-mosque-jerusalem/ Hours after the clashes began, the police said they had put an end to the violence and arrested “hundreds” of suspects. They said the mosque was re-opened and that Friday’s midday prayers would take place as usual. Tens of thousands of people were expected.

Palestinian witnesses, who spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns, said a small group of Palestinians threw rocks at police, who then entered the compound in force, setting off a wider conflagration. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:A040:184:3024:15E1:250:F879:A933 (talk) 23:50, 22 April 2022 (UTC) More for befre: https://m.ynet.co.il/articles/s1uoinghc

https://m.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-704773/amp

https://www.timesofisrael.com/clashes-resume-at-temple-mount-after-friday-afternoon-prayers-for-ramadan/amp/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:A040:184:3024:15E1:250:F879:A933 (talk) 23:56, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

Can you point out which of these sources mention the eye witnesses? I can't seem to find it. Thanks Tombah (talk) 10:25, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

Tombah, This: https://time.com/6167393/al-aqsa-mosque-jerusalem/ 05:48, 26 April 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.53.11.25 (talk)

i offer to

i offer TO Quote from a newspaper / YNET website in the opening of an Article: "Police forces clashed with masked, stone-throwing Palestinians near al-Aqsa mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem when violence erupted after Friday's Ramadan morning prayers." or not any website. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hjwkryu4q — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:A040:184:3024:9DDD:1DF8:C07:7557 (talk) 21:52, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

Good idea - I think this helps to balance the lead, which currently shows the Al-Jazeera report only. It will be added shortly. Tombah (talk) 10:24, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

WITNESS FROM TODAY

https://twitter.com/GalAharonovich/status/1519956350889046016

AND BEFORE 

http://www.memri.org.il/cgi-webaxy/item?5601 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:A040:184:3024:95BD:F38:BD9B:F94A (talk) 17:43, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

30 April

https://m.ynet.co.il/articles/ry2xii9s5 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:A040:184:3024:74DB:1072:8933:2903 (talk) 12:17, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

This is apparently about some further disturbances earlier today, if the editor can't edit and doesn't know what it is they want, I don't see the point in just posting a link. Selfstudier (talk) 12:47, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

Article rename

In my opinion, the current name used for the article is imbalanced, since it implies it was a one-sided act of aggression. The latest report by the UN describes the April 15th events at Al-Aqsa as a series of clashes between Israeli Security Forces and Palestinians. To fit this description, I would like to suggest a rename to "2022 Al-Aqsa Mosque clashes". I'd be happy of course to hear more thoughts on this. Tombah (talk) 07:16, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

I agree most of the sources call it clashes. So its WP:COMMONNAME Shrike (talk) 08:02, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

• OpposeThis is not really your usual "clashes" is it? Sources have picked up on the repeated incursions at the mosque, the latest being today https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/thousands-of-israeli-police-deploy-on-temple-mount-for-last-friday-of-ramadan-1.10769427

"Violent clashes broke out Friday between Palestinians and Israeli police at Al-Aqsa Mosque, in what has become a weekly occurrence ahead of midday prayers for the entire month of Ramadan."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-closes-gaza-crossing-UN-probe-al-aqsa-violence (a week ago) "Friday's latest storming of al-Aqsa was the seventh in eight days carried out by Israeli forces inside the mosque."

I think we should have a name and scope that reflects what has actually been happening, it will be descriptive rather than common, there are multiple sources referring to storming so even at a minimum that's an alternate name. Selfstudier (talk) 09:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Terminology such as 'raid' and 'incursion' also crops up (e.g. [1]), and Aljazeera contextualizes it within a trend of 'raids, closures and restrictions'. Iskandar323 (talk) 09:15, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

• Support renaming to clashes per Commonname, reliable sources, and accuracy. Just from a cursory search, The Guardian, France 24, The Wall Street Journal, NDTV, Alarabiya, Haaretz, NPR, Reuters, Arab News, Herald Sun, The Australian, Yahoo News have described them as clashes recently Drsmoo (talk) 13:20, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

  In view of this comment, seems we will need an RM. I have changed my own prior comment to formal opposition on the grounds stated. AJ is green at RSP last time I checked.(AJ English is Broadcaster of the Year at the 2022 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards, 6 years in a row)Selfstudier (talk) 13:38, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Tombah, you can not just change the scope of this article on your own whims, the article currently has a title and a scope of the storming of the al-Aqsa. You dont like that, I get it. But you need consensus to change it. nableezy - 14:46, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Agree, we need to rename.https://time.com/6167393/al-aqsa-mosque-jerusalem/, From the times: "Palestinian witnesses, who spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns, said a small group of Palestinians threw rocks at police... " So it There were two sides Myn2021 (talk) 15:31, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

• Support. Current title isn't balaced. Also WP:CommonName. - Daveout(talk) 16:14, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Unless somebody can demonstrate there is a common name that is a a non-argument. These are all descriptive titles, not proper names. As far as balance, the balance of the sources focuses on the Israeli incursions in to the mosque. nableezy - 16:17, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

And as far as the claim on not being commonly called storming by reliable sources:

• "Israeli police in full riot gear storm Jerusalem holy site after rock-throwing". CBS News. 2022-04-22. Israeli police in full riot gear stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City on Friday after Palestinian youths hurled stones at a gate where they were stationed.
• France-Presse, Agence (2022-04-22). "Dozens wounded in Israeli-Palestinian clashes at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque". the Guardian. The Palestinian Red Crescent said 57 people were wounded on Friday, including 14 Palestinians taken to hospital, one of them in a serious condition, after police stormed the facility in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem's Old City.
• "Israeli police storm Jerusalem holy site after rock-throwing". NPR.org. 2022-04-22. Israeli police in full riot gear stormed a sensitive Jerusalem holy site sacred to Jews and Muslims on Friday after Palestinian youths hurled stones at a gate where they were stationed.
• "New clashes at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound". France 24. 2022-04-22. The Israeli police stormed the compound and fired teargas and rubber-tipped bullets at stone-throwing Palestinian youths, said an AFP photographer on the scene.
• Brugiotti, Carlo (2022-04-29). "The storming of Al-Aqsa: 'The patients kept on coming like waves' - Israel-Palestine conflict". Al Jazeera. Israeli forces had stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem during morning prayers.

It is a complete fabrication that this is not commonly called a storming by Israeli forces. Reliable sources across the world have called it that. nableezy - 16:24, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Every single one of those sources describes the incidents as clashes. The only one that doesn’t is Al Jazeera, which is an opinion piece. Drsmoo (talk) 17:41, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

WP:HEADLINES, read on, MacDuff. CBS "stormed" AFP "stormed" NPR "stormed" F24 "stormed"· Go back to bed now. Selfstudier (talk) 17:55, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

That's hilarious, every single one of the reliable sources listed describes them as clashes, and uses clashes more frequently in the article than storming. Try reading next time, rather than jumping to tendentious editing. Drsmoo (talk) 18:08, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Every single one of them describes it as a storming, and I quoted them doing so. nableezy - 18:52, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Still waiting for your rm.Selfstudier (talk) 18:11, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

• Oppose This renaming would not improve the balance. The event here is an incursion by armed police equipped with tear gas and rubber bullets and authorised to use force against unarmed civilians mid Ramadan, resulting in 150+ injured Palestinians. Clashes is WP:EUPHEMISM that describes nothing and implies some sort of false equivalence of force and aggression. Iskandar323 (talk) 17:00, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/thousands-of-israeli-police-deploy-on-temple-mount-for-last-friday-of-ramadan-1.10769427 “Hundreds of young Palestinians fired fireworks and threw rocks within the compound, with some also hurling rocks towards the Western Wall and Mughrabi Bridge. One fell in the Western Wall plaza, though no one was reported injured…

In response, police entered the Temple Mount compound for the first time in a week and used riot control methods, which Palestinians said included tear gas and foam-tipped bullets. According to the Red Crescent,42 people were wounded and transported to the hospital…

Riots and violent clashes between young Palestinian men and police have broken out on all the past Fridays during Ramadan this year, but the demonstrations held early in the morning on these days, and which ended before the midday prayers, were quiet.” Riots would also be acceptable, and the reliable sources reflect the reality. These were riots and clashes, and are widely and accurately described as such. Drsmoo (talk) 17:51, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

See above re "stormed". The whole thing is about (multiple) Israeli incursions into the mosque.17:57, 29 April 2022 (UTC) Selfstudier (talk) 17:57, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

All the GCC countries going on about breaching the sanctity of the mosque, status quo, etc etc. That's what it's about, not "clashes". You don't need thousands of police for "clashes".Selfstudier (talk) 18:03, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

That's not all it is about. That's a part of the conflict you're choosing to focus on. One could just as easily focus on the stone-throwing that started it all. Many things happened before the storming and many things happened outside the mosque. The storming isn't everything. Like it or not, RSs refer to these episodes as clashes more often. - Daveout(talk) 18:44, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

One could just as easily focus on the stone-throwing that started it all. One could if one is interested in irrelevancies.Selfstudier (talk) 18:46, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Tombah, your edit here is disruptive, there is no consensus to change the scope of this article from the storming of al-Aqsa to what you euphemistically describe as a series of clashes. You cannot push through edits through revert-warring, your edit was challenged and it is incumbent on you to seek consensus for it. nableezy - 18:54, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

The scope of the article from day one has been the overall clashes. The goal is to have the article name reflect reliable sourcing, which overwhelmingly refers to the events as clashes or skirmishes Drsmoo (talk) 19:36, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

You simply assert that, while I have provided numerous sources that focus on the storming of the mosque, with any preceding "clash" (curious phrasing for armed police firing on largely unarmed civilians) background to that. And the scope of the article has been, as evident by the title and the lead, has been that storming. If you want to reframe the article in to another topic that needs consensus. nableezy - 19:44, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Even your most recent edit includes a description of attacks on police officers in the lead. And other than the one opinion piece, every single one of the sources you found includes more references to and descriptions of clashes than references to storming. Drsmoo (talk) 19:54, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

The storming is clearly only one out of many events that took place in the Temple Mount/Al-Aqsa Compound on April 15th. Let's go over on the main headlines as major international media outlets published them during the same day.

• BBC News: Jerusalem: Over 150 hurt in clashes at al-Aqsa Mosque compound
• Al Arabiya: Clashes erupt at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque, at least 152 injured
• France24: Clashes erupt at Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, at least 150 Palestinians wounded
• NPR: Clashes erupt at Jerusalem holy site, over 150 Palestinians injured
• The Guardian: More than 150 Palestinians injured in Jerusalem clash, say medics
• New York Post: Clashes erupt at Jerusalem holy site, 117 Palestinians hurt
• CNN reported Jerusalem on edge as violence flares at key holy site, which doesn't mention clashes, however the first line says: "Palestinians and Israeli forces clashed in and around the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem's Old City for hours on Friday morning, before an uneasy calm returned to the city later in the day."

Looks like Al-Jazeera are the only *major* media outlet who preferred describing the events as a "storming", instead of "clashes", but let's be honest: they are not exactly well-known for their balanced accounts of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. While a storming did occur, it was part of a larger chain of events that took place on that day on the Temple Mount. Our readers are probably expecting to see the fuller picture, and the article itself already describes the whole chain of events, not just the storming. Portraying the storming itself as the only notable event is clearly a violation of WP:NPOV. Tombah (talk) 20:06, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

I quoted from CBS, NPR, France 24, The Guardian, AFP, and I can add NYT: Clashes between Israeli police officers and Palestinian stone-throwers broke out Friday morning at the mosque compound, injuring more than 150 Palestinians and several officers; leading to more than 400 arrests; and prompting the police to storm the largest mosque within the complex, which contains several places of worship., Washington Post: Israeli police in full riot gear stormed a sensitive Jerusalem holy site sacred to Jews and Muslims on Friday after Palestinian youths hurled stones at a gate where they were stationed. It is disingenuous to claim that these major media outlets do not call it a storming of the mosque. Yes they also describe clashes prior to the storming, but it is nonsense that they do not also describe the noteworthy event as a storming. nableezy - 21:00, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Again, most sources agree that the storming took place during a day-long clashes at the site. The UN report says that Israeli Forces entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque after some had barricaded themselves inside and used it to throw stones and firecrackers at them. So the question remains: is this article a (1), summary of the April 15th events in the Al-Aqsa Compound, or (2), a description of the storming itself? If the answer is #1, this article should be renamed. (2) means most of it should be removed, or all of it, as it would be a violation of WP:NPOV, as it ignores the full chain of events, and describes only the event seen as the most notable by one of the two sides only. Tombah (talk) 21:06, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

They place the "clashes" as background to the story, the story being the storming. nableezy - 21:14, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

That is simply untrue. The only source that is actually doing that is Al-Jazeera. Tombah (talk) 21:17, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Associated Press focuses on the storming, and gives rock throwing as background. CBS focuses on the storming and gives rock throwing as background. It is untrue that what I wrote is untrue. nableezy - 21:19, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

The Associated Press article you mentioned is irrelevant, as it describes events that occurred on April 22nd, one week later. The April 15th article by APNEWS (not sure if they are the same) has some other framing for the events: Palestinians and Israeli police clash at major holy site. This is not the point, we can go on like this forever. We've already seen that the majority of sources describe the April 15th events as clashes, which also include Israeli forces entering the mosque. My previous question still remains, and to me, the answer is quite clear. Tombah (talk) 21:31, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

We could indeed go on like this forever and as I have now indicated several times, still waiting for an RM where you will no doubt explain excessive use of force, multiple incursions and damage to the mosque, high casualty counts and so on as "clashes". Selfstudier (talk) 21:57, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

The UN they dt/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/tor-wennesland-special-coordinator-middle-east-peace-process-8 Briefing to the Security Council on the Situation in the Middle East already includes everything you mentioned, but uses the term *clashes*. Never *storming*. Seems like a legitimate, balanced source to me. Tombah (talk) 22:05, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

RM, (cough, cough).Selfstudier (talk) 22:08, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

So youre of the opinion we should cite UN special coordinators for fact as neutral? Is it just this one? What about when a special rapporteur discusses apartheid in Israel, is it still a legitimate balanced source? Or is that determination made only when they dont use phrasing you object to? nableezy - 22:12, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Scroll down the page to see the other related reports, notice how every one mentions the status quo (and of course one that mentions apartheid practices in addition). "Clashes", my ass.Selfstudier (talk) 22:15, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Both of the sources above focus on the clashes, in addition to the preponderance of other sources that do as well. If this isn’t an RM, why did you vote Drsmoo (talk) 23:36, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Untrue, given they both lead with the storming and provide the context for it. nableezy - 23:41, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

See selfstudier’s post on headlines. Guidance is to take information from the articles body, as headlines and sub headlines are often exaggerated. Both articles are primarily writing about what you describe as “context” and what the articles themselves describe as clashes. In addition to the multiple other articles that also predominantly describe clashes. The reliable sources are essentially unanimous. Drsmoo (talk) 23:52, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

See it yourself, I said nothing about the headline. The article body in both opens with Israeli forces stormed the mosque. It is a straight up falsehood that the sources predominately discuss the "clashes", they all put those as background to the storming. nableezy - 00:09, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

Both of those articles are essentially the same text, which spends equal time on describing rioting and police actions. As Tombah said: “is this article a (1), summary of the April 15th events in the Al-Aqsa Compound, or (2), a description of the storming itself? If the answer is #1, this article should be renamed. (2) means most of it should be removed, or all of it, as it would be a violation of WP:NPOV, as it ignores the full chain of events, and describes only the event seen as the most notable by one of the two sides only.” As for the reliable sources, they are essentially unanimous in describing the activities of both sides, and clashes is the common name for the events in reliable sources.Drsmoo (talk) 01:13, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

And the other sources offered above? It is about the repeated storming of the mosque, that is what makes any of this notable. There are "clashes" between armed Israeli police and Palestinians on the compound regularly, we dont have an article for each time it happens. This one is notable because of the storming of the mosque. nableezy - 03:13, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

The storming is a discrete event. The broader background of clashes is not. That is what makes 'clashes' a different scope. For instance, if an article was to describe 'clashes', the immediate question would be what period of time is being covered, i.e.: 'clashes' from when to when? Even if there was a case to be made for an article on the clashes, in the sense of them being notable above and beyond routine clashes, that would be a broader scope and a different article from this particular Al Aqsa raid/incursion by police, which is a more specific, granular subject than clashes in general. Iskandar323 (talk) 09:07, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

Some remarks on this kind of article

According to Israeli reports, dozens of Palestinians marched near the Western Wall and attacked police officers by throwing rocks at them.

This is the standard boilerplate Israeli version of how every single irruption of clashes on the Haram esh-Sharif unfolds. Time and again, breaking news of these episodes uses precisely this pseudo-description, which is vapid in its imprecision and vagueness, and pointless for our encyclopedic ends. Where is ‘near the Western Wall’? Were they marching on the Haram, or in the area contiguous to, on the same level as, the Western Wall. Where were the policed forces stationed, in the Haram or below? This story is one that has been repeated foor nearly 100 years, and implies the start is always rocks thrown from the Haram down to worshippers at the Western Wall caused a (justified) Israeli reaction to ensure Jewish worship. The sentence conveys this, whereas, so far, evidence is lacking for that ancient scenario.

In an earlier article covering similar incidents, it proved extremely difficult to get a precise chronological account of what happened and where. Particularly from the Israeli sources which repeatedly employed variations on the meme cited above. This obscurity itself is curious, given the intensity of coverage, the presence of numerous witnesses, and contemporary footage. We should therefore not be aimlessly citing sources without regard for reliable testimonies in sources as to the precise order of events.Nishidani (talk) 12:33, 30 April 2022 (UTC) I read the israeli sources and Relevant Wikipedia articles. Every time, there is different destcription.2A00:A040:184:3024:ECFA:FB99:C174:88E7 (talk) 22:50, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Lede

The lede is now more one-sided and less informative than it was 2 days ago. This makes me think that, because of the on-going move request, some editors are trying to narrow down the scope of the page in order to favor the Palestinian POV (which focus on the mosque-storming and the police action while downplaying anything else). The word “clash” that was on the first sentence for two weeks was removed, now we have the word incursion on the second paragraph. And we also shouldnt be explaining what the al aqsar is and who administers it in the first paragraph, it is out of scope and favors one POV.

In my view, we should imitate parts of the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis article. It mentions the protests that commonly precede the stone-throwing:

The crisis was triggered on 6 May, when Palestinians began protests in East Jerusalem over an anticipated decision of the Supreme Court of Israel

Then it goes on to mention the stone-throwing, the mosque storming, and the police action (all in the first paragraph):

according to Israel's Channel 12, Palestinians threw stones at Israeli police forces, who then stormed the compound of the al-Aqsa Mosque using tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades.

I want to know what you think. Peace. - Daveout(talk) 17:01, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

The principal reason this relatively new page has not been improved is likely due to the move request distraction. Edits like this and this are not at all helpful. I already covered the similarity with the 2021 crisis in the RM above (because why would that be a storming and this not?). In 2021, the "causes" were given as Sheikh Jarrah evictions and the storming of the mosque, whereas this time around the causes are said to lie in threats, perceived or real, to the status quo and Palestinian stone throwing (?). If one cause is the status quo then the waqf situation does actually need to be explained and is not out of scope. All in all I am not really sure what it is you are driving at, perhaps if you explained what exactly has been "downplayed" in your view? Selfstudier (talk) 17:38, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Strong anti-Israel bias

It's my observation that the wording in this article harbors a strong anti-Israel bias. Everything from the title's use of the word "storming" to listing the cause as "Plans by Jewish extremists to perform Passover sacrifices in the Temple Mount" seem to downplay the fact that Palestinian Arabs hurled large rocks at buses of Israeli Jews on their way to the Western Wall and that police didn't raid the mosque until after those attacks happened. "Earlier clashes in the morning" is an astoundingly muted description of those attacks. There are also photographs of stockpiles of stones in the mosque, and this isn't even the first time this has happened. Worshippers also stockpiled large rocks in 2014 and 2021 to throw at Jews at the Western Wall. --EricSpokane (talk) 00:24, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

I've just had the same thought. I completely agree. For the article name, I can suggest a rename to "2022 Temple Mount Crisis" - following the standard set by the article describing a similar event which occurred in 2017. I also agree that the "earlier clashes" is a euphemism of the actual events which preceded the police raid. I would be happy to hear some other thoughts on this. Tombah (talk) 15:33, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

And I completely disagree, this article repeatedly parrots Israeli claims as though they are objective fact. International sources do not use the type of euphemisms you are doing about a series of attacks by police on Palestinians. nableezy - 17:01, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

The word "storming" says : "the police started the event" but police says it started because vilence of some Palestinians. Better name is the riots in Temple Mount (riots includes police's behavior) or 2022 Temple Mount crisis — Preceding unsigned comment added by Myn2021 (talk • contribs) 23:36, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

That is not biased at all. The storming is an act of unprovoked aggression. CR-1-AB (talk) 13:59, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

References

Merge

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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The article 2022 Israeli-Palestinian clashes, created on 23 April, 2022 by an editor not qualified to edit in the IP area, should be merged to this article, created a week earlier. Despite its title, it principally covers the same event(s) as here. Selfstudier (talk) 11:54, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

Or perhaps it should be rescoped to have the storming as a linked section alongside whatever other iterative clashes the community views as due mention. Iskandar323 (talk) 12:21, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

The principal event is Friday 15th and that is what the other article leads with as well ( referring to it as a storming in the first and third lines and as clashes on the second and fourth). Of course presenting it as an Israel Hamas affair is not correct this time around. It seems we can use this article's background and aftermath sections to do any relevant before and after matters, I made a start on that in the aftermath section. Selfstudier (talk) 12:34, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

No, sure, at the moment it is a POV fork, but I'm wondering if there is a scope outside of the storming that the other article could be repurposed for. Iskandar323 (talk) 13:01, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

OK, I see. Idk, there is Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2022 (and the other years as well), that would seem sufficient to pick up minor events? Selfstudier (talk) 13:18, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

The 2022 Israeli-Palestinian clashes article is indeed part of a larger series of events. The 2022 Al-Aqsa Mosque storming was actually part of a series of clashes and tensions that started on March 22 this year.

The "clashes" had already been preceded by:

1. 2022 Beersheba attack
2. 2022 Hadera shooting
3. 2022 Bnei Brak shootings
4. 2022 Tel Aviv shooting

I think the proper response would be to change the 2022 Israeli-Palestinian clashes page into an article that doesn't start on April 15. Dunutubble (talk) (Contributions) 19:56, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

You need to make that proposal on that page not here. I take your comments to mean that you object to a merge.Selfstudier (talk) 09:08, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

From the POV of the original creator, I created the article primary on the basis of this france24 article concerning rocket attacks from Gaza

https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20220420-israel-launches-fresh-strikes-on-gaza-after-rocket-fire

and this article by reuters

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-west-bank-clashes-palestinian-sources-say-2022-04-01/

I wouldn't oppose changing the clashes page into an article that doesn't start on April 15- but what single escalation caused this series of events to occur? Yokohama1989 (talk) 18:15, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Not sure what you mean by "series of events", which events? And with what connection between them? The Reuters is about a Palestinian killed in Hebron on April 1, by itself that did not cause anything. The F24 leads with a single rocket that did no damage being fired from Gaza 6 days after the principal mosque incursion on 15th and then speaks about "nearly a month of deadly violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories, focused on Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount." I don't think there is a "single escalation", there is a combination of factors producing the result, in 2021, that was an 11 day crisis across Israel, WB and Gaza mainly caused by Sheikh Jarrah and the storming of the mosque. This time, it is not a crisis as such, just the predictable outcome of one provocation after another, many of them, by both sides.

At the moment, most of the article is about one event, the storming of the mosque on 15th (ie it is a fork of this one). If you wanted to keep the other page and start it on 1 January, it might be possible to produce an article about slowly ratcheting tensions producing ever worse outcomes but you will need far better sourcing than the F24 news piece.Selfstudier (talk) 18:50, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

I'm not talking about a single event being the root cause of all of the violence of late- rather i'm trying to understand what single event precedes all of the Ramadan violence that we saw with rocket launches, artillery strikes, airstrikes, etc.

1. you could state that these clashes dated back to the violence in Jenin

"“God blessed the champions of Jenin with a Molotov cocktail and a knife.”"

2. Prior to the supposed start date of the 2021 crisis, Palestinian groups had already launched some 36 rockets into Israel which is what triggered off Operation Guardian of the Walls, why did they choose the Al-Aqsa mosque protests as a starting point in that article?

3. The IDF talks about a "recent" rise on terrorist activity. This clearly distinguishes it between violence in the West Bank which is seen as a normality and nascent escalation Yokohama1989 (talk) 22:34, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

I have already replied to this below. To repeat, this discussion is only about a merge. I understand your comments to mean that you object to a merge.Selfstudier (talk) 22:37, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

2022 Beersheba attack seems to be a starting point as many media sources report the recent crisis as a "wave" of violence, including Palestinian attacks. Reuters The Economist CBS News Haaretz The New York Times The Washington Post Dunutubble (talk) (Contributions) 19:15, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

What's special about March 22? The linked article has a Background section that says "In early 2022, a string of clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinians occurred, but mostly confined to the West Bank and Jerusalem,". So now we are already back to "early 2022" whereas I said 1 January.

Here is the Special Rapporteur for the oPt commenting on 25 April Pertinent is "More than 40 Palestinians and 15 Israeli and foreign nationals have been reportedly killed in the violence so far this year." and "The level of violence required by Israel to maintain its occupation has been steadily increasing over the past 16 months." taking us back to the beginning of 2021.

"Last year marked the highest number of Palestinian deaths resulting from confrontations with Israelis related to the occupation since 2014. As well, the number of Palestinian children killed as a result of Israeli violence in 2021 was the most since 2014. The reported incidents of settler violence towards Palestinians or their property in 2021 was the highest since statistics were first gathered in 2017. And the number of Palestinian homes demolished as a result of Israeli orders in 2021 was the most since 2016."

All of these things plus settlements plus the status quo are on one side of the scale. Any date that is picked is arbitrary, there is no single start event. But of course you want to emphasize a lone wolf killing by an IS supporter in March, tsk, so transparent.

In any case, this discussion is for the other page not this page, IF editors there want to keep it.Selfstudier (talk) 21:52, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

According to Al Jazeera:

A rise in attacks by Palestinians has led to the killing of 14 people in Israel since March 22. Meanwhile, Israelis have killed at least 46 Palestinians from the West Bank since the beginning of 2022.

According to this April 7 CBS article:

Tensions have been high after a series of attacks by Palestinian assailants killed 11 people just ahead of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan, which began nearly a week ago.

They then classify the Beersheba incident as the first attack during the crisis.

According to Al Jazeera (again):

Palestinians and Israelis have witnessed an increase in violence over the past month, with Palestinian attackers targeting Israeli cities and Israeli forces stepping up raids, shootings and arrests across the illegally occupied West Bank. The recent surge marks the deadliest wave of violence since 2016.... Four attacks by Palestinians in four Israeli cities have taken place since March 22, killing 14 people, while Israel has increased its raids on Palestinian towns and villages, leading to daily clashes and arrests. Sixteen Palestinians have been killed in the same period, including those who committed the attacks in Israel.

BBC:

A wave of attacks by Israeli Arabs and Palestinians in Israel in the past three weeks has left 12 Israelis and two Ukrainians dead. It has been one of the bloodiest periods of its kind for years, putting the country on edge.

VOA:

The fresh attack, combined with the death of a Palestinian man elsewhere in the occupied West Bank, could further fuel tensions that have soared over the past two months. A string of Palestinian attacks in Israel and the West Bank have left 15 Israelis dead, while at least 27 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli security forces in recent weeks.

VOA again:

The Al-Aqsa tensions have come against a backdrop of violence since March 22 in Israel and the occupied West Bank.

France24

A total of 23 Palestinians have meanwhile been killed in the violence since March 22, including assailants who targeted Israelis, according to an AFP tally. Dunutubble (talk) (Contributions) 22:38, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Take the argument to the other page. This section is for discussing a merge. I assume you are arguing against a merge but that's a case you need to make on the other page (ie you want to add content to that page so that the content marries up with the title). Selfstudier (talk) 22:43, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Recent edits

Apart from reintroducing material that fails verification, the following material together with its sources was deleted from the lead (the sources were autorecovered but no longer reflect the material).

"Al-Aqsa is an Islamic holy site under the custodianship of Jordan and administered by the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf. Palestinians believe that Israel is trying to change the status quo in various ways, for example, by allowing Jews to pray in the Temple Mount."

This, even though the material is identified as being a principal contributory cause. The overall edit is a virtual repeat of a tendentious edit by a different editor and already reverted once as well as referred to again in a preceding section. Selfstudier (talk) 08:13, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

The Temple Mount has great importance in Judaism too. Am I the only one who deems it odd this piece of information is missing in the above?

The rest of the lead is much more balanced now, as it follows the account given by international media a bit more closely. For the verification bit - you are right. I'm on it. Tombah (talk) 11:18, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

I agree with Tombar. The first paragraph should detail the conflict: how it come to be and so on. Like we see in similar articles. Instead, we have a description of Al Qsar and its administration (wtf???); and one of the lame excuses for the riot. Those less critical info should be in the third paragraph. - Daveout(talk) 16:11, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

There are two "causes" and both are in the first para of the lead, that seems correct. Selfstudier (talk) 16:13, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

The stone-throwing 'caused' the 'conflict'. But the excuses for the riot that preceded the conflict were two: jews threatening to sacrifice goats at the temple mount, and status quo concerns. (at least that's what I gather). I see the riot and the response to it (the conflict with the police) as separate things. - Daveout(talk) 16:25, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

I could just as well say the stone throwing was an excuse for the storming. Personally I don't see stone throwing as a "cause" but that's what y'all wanted so that's what you got. What riot? (Edit, the goat thing is just one symptom of the status quo problem, I am not overly concerned with identifying that as a cause if that's what bothering you). Selfstudier (talk) 16:39, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Yes, are we now doing the job of the police for them and conjuring riots as well as stone-throwing to retroactively justify police brutality? Iskandar323 (talk) 16:55, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

its not WP:NPOV to determine if there was brutality and did not deal with an unpleasant situation in which stones, objects and fireworks were thrown at her [[2]]

"Palestinian witnesses, who spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns, said a small group of Palestinians threw rocks at police, who then entered the compound in force, setting off a wider conflagration." so they entered there as a result of throwing stones ("Rock throwing during riots is a criminal offense, for which rock throwers can be charged with felony crimes, including assault on a law enforcement officer".[[3]] 2A00:A040:184:3024:6458:5C2C:AA10:1076 (talk) 09:49, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

The article already has stone throwing as a cause? Selfstudier (talk) 09:56, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Off topic Discussion

"Rock throwing during riots is a criminal offense, for which rock throwers can be charged with felony crimes, including assault on a law enforcement officer.[10][11][12][13] Incidents of criminal rock throwing have resulted in arrests during sports riots; especially notable are incidents of rock-throwing football hooliganism" stones can kill: https://m.ynet.co.il/Articles/4700489 2A00:A040:184:3024:ECFA:FB99:C174:88E7 (talk) 22:39, 5 May 2022 (UTC) Tikun Olam 25 April "UPDATE: Yesterday, Border Police once again stormed the Al Aqsa mosque and its defenders fought back to repel the desecrators of the holy shrine. One of them, 21-year-old Walid al Sharif, was shot in the head with a sponge-tipped bullet. Eyewitnesses and his family confirmed this. He was mortally wounded. Taken to Hadassah Hospital, he is now in a coma and his death appears imminent. Police claim he fell and hit his head while throwing rocks. As if throwing rocks at police defiling a sacred shrine was a capital offense." Selfstudier (talk) 09:14, 6 May 2022 (UTC) its an Opinion article 2A00:A040:184:3024:6458:5C2C:AA10:1076 (talk) 09:19, 6 May 2022 (UTC) "Al-Sharif was evacuated from the compound by four police officers and rushed to Hadassah Medical Center but was later transferred to Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Kerem, due to the severity of his condition. "At dawn, violent riots began on the Temple Mount, including the throwing of stones and fireworks at the Western Wall and at security forces," a police statement said. "One of the masked rioters from the scene fell to the ground as he tried to escape, resulting in a head injury. The police evacuated him quickly and provided him with initial care with the help of medical authorities. He was later transferred to a hospital for medical treatment. The cause of his injuries is being investigated." https://haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-palestinian-wounded-in-temple-mount-clashes-with-israel-police-falls-into-coma-1.10757090 " 2A00:A040:184:3024:6458:5C2C:AA10:1076 (talk) 09:22, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

small group of Palestinians threw rocks at police, who then entered the compound in force, setting off a wider conflagration

Another example of pseudo-reporting. 'Threw rocks at police' implies that stonethrowers were throwing rocks from within the compound at police stationed outside. Are you familiar with how difficult that is in terms of the layout of the Haram? The only police visible from inside would be at the gates. Did they toss them over the walls. The text states they threw them at the walls. Aside from the fact that the Israeli IDF account that a man with a bullet wound to the head got it from falling over as he threw the usual stone is obvious fake news, and that kind of crap means the report has zero value except as a reflection on the inanity of such 'reporting'. It is public knowledge that the IDF is not a reliable source for facts.Nishidani (talk) 13:19, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

nobody said police station. police can be Cops. you write things about any sources or relevance. people can run and hide theirself in the mosque.2A00:A040:184:3024:6458:5C2C:AA10:1076 (talk) 14:15, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

More fiction here. An "escalation" on April 15, hmm.Selfstudier (talk) 15:39, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

@Dr-Taher: The goat thing is part of the wider status quo "concerns" (which is already mentioned; which makes the reinsertion of content you made redundant.) -Daveout(talk) 18:55, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

I agree with Daveout and Tombah here. Selftudier and Nishidani, you need to stop dismissing the violence of the rioters who threw Molotov cocktails from within the mosque and who wore shoes and stockpiled rocks on the rugs on the mosque. You also need to accept that the Temple mount itself is holy to Jews. Vici Vidi (talk) 05:45, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

To repeat, these reports, esp from Israeli sources, are garbage unless the writers give readers a clear time-line. We have reports of police entering on suspicion stones arew being stockpiled, police entering at 4 am. before prayers, and then the kind of remark in your first source which totally confuses

The confrontations occurred as several hundred Jewish pilgrims, escorted by police, visited the holy site.

Well, when did that occur? At 4 am, at dawn, at 8 am? No one doubts a flaring up of violence: the problem is to estabvlish sequence. Nishidani (talk) 06:53, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

According to the NYT, the confrontation began at 05:30. Selfstudier (talk) 15:40, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

Really? At 5.30 am when police entered the Haram with several hundred pilgrims? Other sources identify police in there much earlier. As I say, IP reportage is unbearably stupid (as Onceinawhile's note alludes to in the ingrained confusing of specific mosque and the Haram in general. Nishidani (talk) 11:23, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

I wouldn't attribute NYT normally but claims on the times are all over the place. Selfstudier (talk) 11:27, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

The principal issue seems to be whether the entry was before or after prayer (some sources say during?), we have Shortly after the dawn prayer was concluded at around 5.30am local time, Israeli forces immediately started their assaults. from Middle East Eye which roughly fits with NYT. BBC has "The police said they waited until Muslim Friday prayers had ended before entering the site..". But then The Guardian has "Israel said its forces entered before dawn prayers on Friday to remove rocks and stones that it said had been collected in anticipation of violence.", the waqf also says before. I think it might be possible that they entered before and took action after but that's just guessing on my part. Selfstudier (talk) 13:21, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

The dawn prayer component seems pretty consistent, and that was demonstrably from around 4:30 a.m. to 5:30 a.m., though I do wonder if perhaps there is a separate timeline for the storming of the compound (around dawn prayers) and the storming of the mosque itself (possibly explaining the 8/9 a.m. sources). Iskandar323 (talk) 13:44, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

I don't recall dismissing anything that is properly sourced, stop making stuff up. Your first source ("TOI Staff") is not even about 15 April and the second one is an "op-ed". The stories from Israeli sources are just getting wilder by the day, there is another one somewhere saying there were empty pipe bombs, that unadulterated nonsense above from Israel's UN ambassador being a good example of that. Selfstudier (talk) 10:02, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

After the 15 april event, other events happened: https://m.ynet.co.il/Articles/61130890 . The story with the pipe is irrelevant to the April 15 event that happened in May. [[4]].

This is a article from 15 april: https://mobile.mako.co.il/news-military/2022_q2/Article-cc870d6f42b2081027.htm?Partner=interlink — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.53.54.155 (talk) 09:56, 10 May 2022 (UTC)